Artists from Originals Jewelry & Gifts at Luminaria

I asked for photos, and I got photos from Sue Charette-Hood! If you’re involved with beads or jewelry, and have any photos you’d like to share from Luminaria, e-mail a short write-up and the image to brown@mysanantonio.com, and I’ll post it in Strung Out. — Merrisa

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Myself, Kim Berlin and Barbara Garrett had a booth in front of La Villita on South Alamo Street selling our handmade jewelry. We were representing artists from the Originals Jewelry & Gifts store, located at La Villita.

(Courtesy photo/Sue Charette-Hood)

Sue Charette-Hood at her jewelry table.

Weather was dry but quite chilly. Lots of live music (a duo played for over an hour right beside us, which was great!), lots of funnel cake, lots of different artists presenting their work and, of course, lots of luminarias (I am always amazed they don’t just go up in flames)! I talked to lots of locals and quite a few folks from up north who didn’t seem to think it was cold. We sold quite a bit of jewelry and I felt proud to be invited by Originals to be part of the second Luminaria Event.

I highly recommend selling or visiting this event next year. Thanks to Mayor Hardberger for appreciating the arts.